The Ottoman Empire was a vast political entity that stretched from Persia to southern and eastern Europe and across North Africa. It incorporated millions of inhabitants and various different cultures and ethnicities. It came close to rivaling the Roman Empire, but not quite. The collapse of the Ottoman Empire, after the end of Word War […]
Vlad The Impaler – Meet The Man
He must be one of the best known but least understood leaders in history. We know him as the fictional character, Dracula, Lord of the Nosferatu. But Vlad the Impaler lived and was all too real. The following vid gives us an introduction to this legendary ruler of the Romanian Carpathians, and there’s not a […]
Khazar History – An Ancient Jewish Empire That Threatens Modern Israel?
This lightly presented piece looks at the conversion of the Khazars to Judaism in the 8th century. The narrator doesn’t appear to be too concerned about his very casual attitude, and the article is probably the better for it. Many academics still dispute the premise given in this video, yet it would appear that there […]